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| AGBU's work has greatly assisted the improvement of livestock through breeding in Australia and overseas. A vibrant scientific program continues with regular publication of research results in Scientific Journals. However, its main purpose is to meet ongoing demands from Australia's livestock industries for research, development and training in genetics. |
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| Website listing seasonal harvest work opportunities around Australia. Search by state or territory. Farmers looking for seasonal workers can register on the site as an employer and have their job opportunities listed. |
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| The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), located in Canberra, is an Australian government economic research agency noted for its professionally independent research and analysis. |
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| Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited (AFAA) is an industry initiative, established to increase public awareness of, and encourage informed debate and decision-making about gene technology. |
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| An online career site and human resource service provider for agriculture, food, natural resources, and biotechnology. |
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| A directory of internet sites relevant to agriculture in Australia |
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| AgPeople is a specialist recruitment company focusing on the selection of key staff for agribusiness.
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| The Agriculture Portal has been created to provide access to information and service requirements for a large and diverse clientele.
The Agriculture Portal has 3 main collection areas:
Resource Management: For the management of natural resources for sustainable agriculture.
Products & Industries: Which includes information on agricultural industries and products (commodities).
Agribusiness: Business information specific to agricultural industries. |
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| Provides information on feeding, sheep and pasture management options, animal health, cost calculators economics and other strategic management decisions. |
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| Provides a wide range of statistical data on agricultural production in Tasmania. |
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| The APVMA operates the Australian system which evaluates, registers and regulates agricultural and veterinary chemicals. This site documents information about the registration status of herbicides and agvet chemicals. |
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| Provides balanced and factual information on biotechnology to the Australian community, including through our Biotechnology Online school resource. |
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| Meteorological information for Primary Industry and Natural Resources Management including 3 month rainfall and temperature outlooks. |
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| Information about hiring people; employer obligations; employee entitlements; skills and training; complaints, disputes and employee relations. |
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| Chemclear collects unwanted rural chemicals by providing a safe and easy collection and disposal service for all chemical users within Australia. |
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| Provides material safety data sheets and information on Crop Care products. |
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| This site aims to explain the science of gene technology, and describe what Australian scientists are doing. It also covers some aspects of the public debate on gene technology. |
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| An In-Market Experience Scholarship is a grant from the New Industries Development Program (NIDP). Each scholarship of $12,500 will help managers or emerging managers from small-to-medium sized agribusiness work for 3 months to 1 year to define opportunities for their product, service or technology, fully participate in alliances, build relationships with potential customers, undertake business- or sector-specific courses, gain experience in new areas of business and markets, and seek expert advice. |
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| Provides information on genetic resource management and gentically modified organisms. |
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| Guidelines for On-farm food safety for fresh produce. |
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| Information on Environmental Management Systems (EMS) programs operated and funded by the Australian Government. |
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| A FREE referral service for information on underground pipes and cables anywhere in Australia. |
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| Provides material safety data sheets and information on Dow Agrosciences products. |
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| Information on drought including assistance, planning, management, recovery and current situation. |
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| The spreadsheet calculates the cost of baling crops for hay or silage and of taking crops through to harvest helping producers make decisions on salvaging crops during drought. |
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| The recording systems outlined present a package of practical records for beef producers. |
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| Provides links to a number of primefacts on sheep feeding and nutrition. |
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| Provides a number of links to primefacts on sheep management. |
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| Provides information on different types of erosion and how to monitor erosion and manage erosion. |
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| The feedlot calculator is easy to use and allows you to make well-informed decisions about the likely financial outcome before committing yourself. |
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| Nutritive characteristics of supplementary feeds. |
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| Provides information including detection, biology and control of various crop and pasture pests. |
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| Facts sheets on organic farming available on the Australian Government Agriculture Portal. |
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| Provides information on the symptoms, cycles and management of rusts in barley. |
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| Provides information including identification, symptoms and control of cereal root diseases. |
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| Provides information on symptoms, disease cycle and management of scald of barley. |
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| drumMUSTER is the national program for the collection and recycling of empty, cleaned, non returnable crop production and on-farm animal health chemical containers. |
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| Provides material safety data sheets and information on Farmoz products. |
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| An Australian agricultural products and services portal. |
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| The Grain & Graze program aims to boost farm profitability across the mixed farming zone of southern Australia, while helping to protect the environment. |
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| The Grassland Society of Southern Australia Inc. is the peak farmer organisation dedicated to the transfer of information and technology related to temperate grasslands. Formed in 1959, the Society has branches in South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and southern New South Wales and welcomes new members with an interest in grassland farming. |
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| Fact sheets providing information on crop management, disease and rust control. |
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| GRDC provides growers with access to a precision agriculture manual to guide them through the design process. The manual lists standards for electromagnetic induction mapping in the grains industry. It provides a range of resources for growers including an economics calculator, economics of zone management spreadsheet, Accucore fact sheet, plus examples of EM fundamental data sets and survey objectives. |
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| Provides publications, newsletters and general information on greehouse in agriculture. |
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| To help improve the productivity of farms, Kondinin provides a series of cost calculation tools available for use over the internet. |
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| Calculate the cost of owning machinery for you farm. |
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| A system to assist in the systematic assessment of the relative safety of tractor design features. |
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| LiceBoss is a computerised decision support system that helps woolgrowers estimate the probability of lice infestation, estimate the degree of wool loss and offer suggestions on available chemicals and expected residue levels. |
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| Feed budget tables for drought/dry conditions in southern Australia. |
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| Provides information on business, pastures, resources and sheep technology to help producers increase the productivity and profitability of their enterprises. |
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| Effective long term control of pasture weeds can be obtained from an integrated approach incorporating a range of management tools. This factsheet outlines the three main steps of a successful weed management program. |
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| An interactive, 'do-it-yourself' tool to help beef producers figure out their cost of production (CoP) and compare their performance annually. |
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| MSDSonline offers a full suite of MSDS management products and services to help you access, manage and deploy a compliant material safety data sheet library... no matter how big or small. |
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| MSDS.COM.AU is an Australian online MSDS database, offering an ever-increasing number of MSDSs in an easy to search electronic format. |
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| NAMS contains up-to-date climatic and production information for dryland and broadacre agricultural industries at a national, state and regional scale that are presented in user-friendly graphs and maps. |
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| The National Farmers' Federation (NFF) is the peak national body representing farmers and, more broadly, agriculture across Australia. |
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| Providing likely responses to nitrogen in intensive pasture systems. |
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| The "Network of Concerned Farmers" is an Australia-wide network of conventional and organic farmers who are concerned about the economic, environmental and social impacts of genetically modified crops. |
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| Provides material safety data sheets and information on Nufarm products. |
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| Sell or buy, search or advertise for livestock in Australia. |
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| Outback Staff is a human resources service experienced in agricultural and regional Australia. |
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| Provides information on records of plant diseases, quarantine notes and short disease notes. |
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| Planning for succession is a very important part of managing the farm business. |
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| South Australian Government business with a team of over 200 full-time specialist consultants who deliver tailored services and products for customers in the primary industries and manufacturing sectors. |
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| The CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation is a collaboration between Australia's leading sheep industry organisations, which is supported under the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centres Program. |
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| Sheep Genetics is a joint program of Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA). |
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| Provides material safety data sheets for Sumitomo products. |
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| Provides material safety data sheets and information on Syngenta Australia products. |
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| Helps identify the major sources of emission and explore the impact of changed management options on your property. |
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| The Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture was founded in 1995 to introduce, develop and promote Precision Agriculture in Australia as a method of environmentally and economically sustainable management and thereby maintain Australia's internationally competitive rural industries and sustain their resource base. |
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| Provides extensive information on preventative management, integrated weed management and various control methods. |
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| Find information about identifying and managing weeds, and grants available to help control weeds. |
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| Includes a database of all declared weeds in Australia searchable by weed name and state, and also has a useful weed identification tool.
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| AWI has available a variety of information to assist with decision making during drought.
A key research focus for AWI continues to be the best management practices available to Australian woolgrowers when in preparation for, or already under, drought conditions.
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| A best practice guide to managing sheep in droughtlots. |
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| A guide to assist sheep producers in drought. |
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| Drought Force helps individual farms and farm communities that have been severely affected by drought. It aims to help farmers with their workforce needs, especially those who have lost workers because of drought, by keeping the pool of farm labour from moving away from the region. |
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| PASS Inc is a “Not for Profit”, grass roots organization, passionate about safety in the rural workplace that aims to eliminate fatalities, and injuries in rural workplaces. |
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| This tool allows you to calculate how much pasture has been utilised on your milking area this financial year. |
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| A one-stop-shop for information on Commonwealth, State and Local Government controls that you must comply with when operating a business (or occupation) in Tasmania - includes licenses, permits, approvals, registrations, codes of practices, standards, guidelines, etc. |
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| The Dairy Effluent Management Project assists Tasmanian dairy farmers to manage dairy effluent in a sustainable way. |
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| Covers attracting and retaining staff plus human resource issues as your business gets bigger.
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| For searching survey information by mail, fax or email.
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| These guidelines establish a standard for washdown and provide a guide to prescribing its application where codes of practice or other environmental management plans are not in place. |
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| Tas-Regions magazine includes news and features about Tasmanian farmers, rural and regional projects and innovations in agriculture. |
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| Provides information on Phytophthora, wheat streak mosaic virus and potato virus testing. |
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| Provides information on plant pests, their biology and management and diagnostic services provided by DPIW. |
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| To decide when to irrigate and how much water to apply, the amount of water in the soil needs to be monitored. |
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